Whenever the topic of a disease breaks into the news cycle I freak out a bit. I do not want Zika and as a father, I get more worried for my son. It freaks me out. What is this new strain, am I at risk. Is my FAMILY at risk.  Truth is I do not know, that is what makes fictional viruses so pervasive and powerful in storytelling. Join Michael and me in this episode as we talk about why contagions and epidemics can take your story to the next level.

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• What is good about using plague and pandemics in fiction
• • People are scared to death of the invisible threats
  • Pandemic spreading tales made great fast-paced thriller which ends …
  • If you want a theme about the overreach of man, nothing says overreach like…
  • What do you need to know?

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Create a plague natural, magical, or man-made and war game out what would happen

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Today's Topic What to think about and what you need to know about vehicles in fantasy settings

Vehicles can be iconic in fiction. Sometimes the can be real vehicles that just some to live in the stories Tony Starks Acura comes to mind.  You might have a fictional vehicle that could exist, here Max's Interceptor. You could even reach the completely fantastic vehicles like the TARDIS from Doctor Who.  Join Micheal and me in this episode as we look at some important questions and considerations to keep in mind when creating your fiction fantasy conveyances.

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• Question to ask before you start

• What you need to know about your vehicle

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Build a vehicle

The Real World task for the day

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Today's Topic Prepare your self to not fall into the trap this reviewer did. All stories do not need to follow preconceived storylines

So I was around the webernets and heard about a review from polygon from a YouTuber LegacyKillaHD in a video called Polygon's Angry Far Cry 5 NOT PoIiticaI & About Trump America. It caused me to check out the review myself. Listen to Michael and Jeff as we talk about the review and the problems with not including nuance in your storytelling.

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• Inspired by a Review from Far Cry 5 by polygon
• What inspired this
• • The only thing the review covered was caught off guard by the story
  • Sick of the everyone is bad
  • Makes fun of everyone but does not make a stand on the current political state of America
  • The cult was not Christian enough.
• The only thing the review covered was caught off guard by the story
• • Great, I would praise any storyteller who
• Makes fun of everyone but does not make a stand on the current political state of America
• • Stories of cults can cover so much ground. What is the requirement a gov vs cult story has anything to do with modern politics?
  • The cult was not Christian enough
  • Moral of storytelling

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Do not make propaganda

The Real World task for the day

Learn more about Brother XII cult and another real life cults

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Today's Topic Really, what is a monster?

Is a wolf a monster or just a dangerous animal in your fiction? In today's episode, Michael and I are going to look at what makes a monster. So listen now and figure out what you need to know about the monsters you create to scare the people interacting with your world.  Listen NOW and start manifesting your monsters to get the most scream for each word!

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• Do you have a guiding use for what you consider a monster, vs a creature vs a bad person?
• Is there a difference? Does it change overtime
• What is the difference being there a difference?
• Are they real?
• Where are they and how common?
• What motivates them?
• Are they unnatural?
• In Gardul monsters are things that have little understanding

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Create more monsters 

The Real World task for the day

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Episode 73: Types of Animals … Looking for inspiration for Monsters and Fantasy Races

Episode 79: Ant Zombie Over Lords

Episode 96: Something Not So Nice This Way Comes

Episode 212 Let’s Build a Fusellbüt

Jaws

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The boy

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Today's Topic We Pick up with Marcus and Gregor stealing a bone

The fire has been lit and there is no going back. Marcus needs the Ax of Thormear and then the team can finally move on the Jewels of Daivvavaahra. Join Jeff as he runs Michael in the story of Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra.

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Episode 210 Building an Iron Age Gang

Episode 209 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 3

Episode 200 Let’s Build a Crypt

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2 

Episode 194 Let’s Build a Fantasy Villain’s Lair

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one

Episode 187 Pathway to DOOM

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Episode 200 Let’s Build a Crypt http://gardul.com/blog/episode-200-lets-build-crypt/

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2 http://gardul.com/blog/episode-199-marcus-jewels-daivvavaahra-part-2/

Episode 194 Let’s Build a Fantasy Villain’s Lair http://gardul.com/blog/episode-194-lets-build-a-fantasy-villains-lair/

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one http://gardul.com/blog/episode-193-marcus-and-the-jewels-of-daivvavaahra-part-one/

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